use of IPv4 and IPv6 respectively. Unfortunately the IPv6 support
still does not work on Windows.
-** Talking to SSL servers over proxies now actually works.
+** Talking to SSL servers over proxies now actually works. Previous
+versions of Wget erroneously sent GET requests for SSL URLs. Wget
+1.10 utilizes the CONNECT method designed for this purpose.
+
+** Microsoft's proprietary "NTLM" method of HTTP authentication is now
+supported. This authentication method is undocumented and only used
+by IIS. Note that *proxy* authentication is not supported in this
+release; you can only authenticate to the target web site.
** Wget no longer truncates partially downloaded files when download
has to start over because the server doesn't support Range. Instead,
specified via `.wgetrc'.
** The new option `--keep-session-cookies' causes `--save-cookies' to
-save session cookies along with the permanent ones. This is useful on
-sites that require you to log in before you can access some pages.
-With this option, multiple Wget runs will be treated as a single
+save session cookies (normally only kept in memory) along with the
+permanent ones. Many sites track important information, such as
+whether the user has authenticated, using session cookies. Using this
+option option allows multiple Wget runs to be treated as a single
browser session.
+** Wget now supports the --ftp-user and --ftp-password command switches to set
+username and password for FTP, and the --user and --password command switches
+to set username and password for both FTP and HTTP. The --http-passwd and
+--proxy-passwd command switches have been renamed to --http-password and
+--proxy-password respectively, and the related http_passwd and proxy_passwd
+.wgetrc commands to http_password and proxy_password respectively. The
+login and passwd .wgetrc commands have been deprecated.
+
* `wget -b' now works correctly under Windows.
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* Wget 1.9.1 is a bugfix release with no user-visible changes.